Top juniors to be challenged at Take Flight

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  REDONDO BEACH – The sixth annual Take Flight Challenge will be held Friday and Saturday at Redondo Union High, with many of the west’s best teams and players on display.

  Twelve boys’ games and a girls’ contest (the host Sea Hawks and Long Beach Poly at 6 p.m. on Friday) will be played, beginning with Friday afternoon, 3 o’clock clash between L.A. City program Birmingham and Henderson (NV) Liberty.

  The final game of the event tips at 8:30 Saturday night when Bishop Montgomery (No. 6 in the BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25) plays Sacramento Sheldon.

    The games will be played over three sessions: five games on Friday (Session I); four beginning at 9:30 Saturday morning (Session II); and four to close Session III, beginning at 4 o’clock.

  Along with Bishop Montgomery, there are 10 other squads participating that are in the BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25, including No. 3 Westchester.

  The Comets take on the host Sea Hawks Friday afternoon at 4:30.

   Future Bruins Jake Kyman (No. 15 Santa Margarita) and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (PICTURED/No.  25 Camarillo) are likely to go head-up much of the game when their teams play in 9 o’clock final game on Friday night.

  The event also includes many of the better prospects in the western class of 2020, including Josh Christopher (Mayfair), Ziaire Williams (Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks), Julian Strawther (Liberty) and Amound Anderson (Leuzinger).

   Admission prices: All-session passes $30; VIP Courtside seating $50 per session; general admission for single sessions is $15, and $10 for seniors.

The Complete Schedule

Friday:

  Session I: 3 p.m., Birmingham vs. Henderson (NV) Liberty; 4:30, Redondo Union vs. No. 3 Westchester; 6, (girls) Redondo Union vs. Long Beach Poly; 7:30 (boys), No. 23 San Diego Mission Bay vs. No. 18 Long Beach Poly; 9, No. 25 Camarillo vs. No. 15 Santa Margarita.

Saturday:

  Session II: 9:30 a.m., Culver City vs. Crossroads; 11, No. 24 Windward vs. Chaminade; 12:30 p.m., No. 17 Loyola vs. View Park; 2, Leuzinger vs. Los Altos.

  Session III: 4 p.m., No. 19 Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks vs. Liberty; 5:30, Alemany vs. No. 21 L.A. Brentwood; 7, No. 16 Harvard-Westlake vs. Mayfair; 8:30, Sacramento Sheldon vs. No. 6 Bishop Montgomery.